Converting Java String to double

The following code will convert Java String into double data type.

package com.javaWave.blogSpot;

public class String2double {

 /**
  * @param args
  */
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  // String myString = "javaWave"; // do this if you want an exception

  String myString = "100.00";

  try {
   double convertedValue = 
    Double.valueOf(myString.trim()).doubleValue();
   System.out.println("convertedValue = " + convertedValue);
  } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
   System.out.println("NumberFormatException: " 
     + nfe.getMessage());
  }

 }

}